CINCINNATI CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC (C. C. M.)
Located on the corner of Oak Street, Burnet Avenue and Highland Avenue the Conservatory of Music was founded by Clara Baur (1835-1912) in 1867. This music school was considered to be one of the finest in the United States. The school was located at 7th and College Sts. (1867), s. e. corner of 8th and Vine Sts. (1878), 412 Broadway (1884), s. e. corner 4th and Lawrence Sts. (1892)(first card), and then the buildings shown below on the right in 1902. It was constructed in the 1860's and was known as the home of John Shillito, who had bought it in 1886. It was purchased by the city in 1902 and the Conservatory moved in. It was converted into the administration building. There were seven other buildings on the campus. As stated before it merged with U.C. in 1962.
Not a postcard
John Shillito Residence
Founder Clara
Baur
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The image above shows all the buildings the C.C.M. used during their operation. #1 is the 1867 one room studio at Seventh and College Sts. #2 is in 1878 at the Southeast Corner Eighth and Vine Sts. #3 is in 1884 at 412 Broadway. #4 is in 1892 Southeast Corner Fourth & Lawrence Sts. #5 last location of campus at Oak St. and Highland and Burnet Avenues.
Lawrence St.
location Map of the Campus
Overhead view showing the
entire 10 acres of the campus
Main
Hall
Piano
Studio of Frederic Shaller Evans
Piano Studio from Hall
Dr.
Fery Lulek Albert
Berne Louis Schwebel
Dr. Fery Lulek was a baritone singer and a voice specialist. He was a professor of vocal art at C.C.M. Albert Berne was a teacher of voice and the piano. He was also a painter of some renown. Louis Schwebel was a pianist who taught at the school.
Organ
Studio South end of Drawing Room
The Great Hall
Corner of the
Library
Dormitory Bedroom
Concert
Band Feast of Christmas
Carols
Symphony Orchestra Sight
Reading Class
Entrance to Recital Hall
Girls posing for
camera 2 Views of the Concert Hall
Auditorium
Across the Lawn
Clock-Golf Game
The 1st card above was taken on the grounds of the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music.
This is a 4 part card for the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music published in 1938. Due to scanner limitations this card had to be scanned into two parts. The top two images show the front and back of the main part of the card, the bottom section of the left image shows where the stamp and address would go, although to send it by mail you would have to tape it together so it would not fly open during mailing. The bottom two images show the part that was separated and mailed in requesting weekly copies of the Columbia Broadcast Programs and/or the 1938 Summer School Catalog.
WESTWOOD CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC
The Westwood Town Hall was dedicated on April 30, 1869 on a 3 acre triangle of land at Harrison Pike, Fairview Avenue (now Montana) and Beechwood Avenue (now Epworth). The volunteer fire department occupied the basement. It also housed the jail, meeting rooms and an auditorium where the Westwood Choral Society performed. Westwood was annexed into Cincinnati on January 1, 1896. Though no longer the Town Hall it was still used as a firehouse until a new station was built in 1909. Cora Higdon founded the Conservatory of Music here in 1909 as a private school and is still operating. The YMCA leased the building from 1929 to 1966 for $1 dollar a year. It is now a community center. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on 12-2-74. The last two images above show the building as it looks today.
The Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co.
The Mirimbaphone
Kids
The first card above shows the A. F. of M. band playing in front of the Pettibone Bros. Mfg. Co. A. F. of M. stands for the American Federation of Musicians. Founded in 1896 it is a labor union representing professional musicians. The next two cards are the front and back of a ad for the Pettibone Co.
Founded in 1874 by businessman Lewis Miller and Methodist
Minister, later Bishop, John Heyl Vincent, Chautauqua's initial incarnation was
in western New York state on Lake Chautauqua. There are few Americans who
remember the Circuit Chautauqua but there was a time when those words conjured
up a host of images. Audiences saw classic plays and Broadway hits, plus a
variety of music from Metropolitan Opera stars to glee clubs to bell ringers.
Many saw their first movies in the circuit tents. They were also able to attend
lectures on a variety of subjects. The original Chautauqua was too popular not
to be copied and soon independent Chautauquas, often called assemblies, sprang
up around the country. The goal of the Circuit Chautauquas was to offer
challenging, informational, and inspirational stimulation to rural and
small-town America.
Because the independent assemblies were separated by great distances and
because there was spirited competition among them to attract the most popular
performers, they turned to the lyceum bureaus for help in booking their
'talent.' Keith Vawter, a Redpath Lyceum Bureau manager and later a manager of
one of the Redpath Chautauqua circuits, became aware of the inefficiencies and
expenses that the talent experienced when appearing at the scattered assemblies.
His solution was to organize a series of touring Chautauquas where each
performer or group was assigned to a definite day on the program throughout the
touring season (each program lasted 7 days.) That way the performers could
travel from one tent outfit to another, appearing in each in turn.
Circuit Chautauqua began in 1904 and by the 1910s could be found almost
everywhere, presenting its message of self and civic improvement to millions of
Americans. At its peak in the mid -1920s, circuit Chautauqua performers and
lecturers appeared in more than 10,000 communities in 45 states to audiences
totaling 45 million people.
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